Weekly Meeting News - 12 November 2012

                Members present 10           Honorary Member present  1            Members Absent  13

Monday evening guests were ADG Russell Bertrand, Joe Potter's grandson, Paul Grube and Proposed member Jeff Frenette.

                                                                   ANNOUNCEMENTS      

Next Week  - 19 November - Westerly/Stonington Football Night will be hosted the our Club beginning at 6:00pm at the Venice Restaurant, lower level dining room.  Steve Cofone asked that members bring a guest.  What better night to bring a friend or prospective member than a celebration of high school football with the camaradarie of the Rotary Club of the Stoningtons.

26 November - Guest Speaker will be Roberta Mudge Humble of the Westerly Armory.  See "Stories" section to read a little about the expected presentation.  And, this is another great evening to bring a guest.

Prospective Member Night is 3 December 2012 - lower level dining room at the Venice Restaurant.  Monthly Board meeting at 4:00 will precede this event.

Host Dinner Night is 8 December 2012  -  Christmas for RICAN - a joint event with the Rotary Club of Chariho.  RICAN requests gift cards for teens and reading books.  Also, Stop & Shop gift cards are a good choice as they can be used to purchase food or gas.  The Westerly Club will bring Italian dishes, Chariho will provide meats and Chowder, RICAN staff will bring desserts and sandwiches.  John Huhtala is heading up the search for raffle items.  If anyone can contribute or help him, please contact John at 401.322.4034 or highhook20@aol.com.

Annual meeting will be on 10 December which will also include Guests, the Westerly WIN Team..

                                                                       NOTES

Unfortunately, Vicki Anderson of the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center had a calendar glitch Monday evening.  Clark has rescheduled her visit to the Club to 11 February 2013.

Jonnycake Pasta Dinner Chair Dan Alvino spoke about last week's event.  He said that an event's success can't only be determined by the funds achieved but should also include the participation of those involved.  Dan was very proud of our Club for our participation and the spirit of cooperation of all three Clubs despite the poor turnout due to the inclement weather.  Thirteen Rotarians were present and quite a few Elks and Lions.  The final count will be announced upon receipt of the Lions' funds.

President Cal announced a challenge to Rotarians  -  from now to July 1st, the first person to bring in the most new members will receive 250 points from his account for PHF use.

Last Saturday evening, President Cal, Dan and Florence Alvino attended the WARM Shelter's Celebration of Jean Barry's thirty years of service.  Dan said that it was a wonderful evening and new Executive Director Russ Partridge announced that the new building will be named the Jean Barry Center.  Our Board has also selected Jean as our Rotary person of the year.